Wooden Building Under Construction in Camp

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Description

Black and white photograph of large wooden building (possibly a new barrack) under construction in a Gulag camp. The foreground contains stacks of boards cut to various lengths and pile of wood shavings. Gulag prisoners sit and stand among the lumber.

Creator

Unknown

Source

New York Public Library

Bibliographic Citation

Unknown, "Wooden Building Under Construction in Camp." Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives, Item #36 (accessed May 27 2021, 1:21 pm)